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75. x. SUSAN, b. Dec. 22, 1810; d. Dec. 23, 1810.
15. BENONI6 (John5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Eliza- beth1), b. New Ipswich, Oct. 19, 1771; d. Hollis, Jan. 19, 1816; m. May 19, 1799, Phebe, dau. of Capt. William and Phebe (Jewett) Tenney of Hollis [b. Oct. 12, 1777 ; d. Feb. 12, 1835]. He was a physician in Hollis. He was also a deacon. Chil- dren :
76. i. PHEBE C., b. Aug. 3, 1801; d. Nov. 17, 1802.
77. ii. BENONI G., b. Jan. 17, 1803; d. Louisville, Ky., July 15, 1849; m. (1) 1823, Lucy, dau. of Hon. Benjamin and Sarah (Fletcher) Poole of Hollis; (2) Eliza, dau. of Col. Joseph and Fanny (Haven) Valentine. He was a merchant at Hollis until 1852, when he removed to Louisville, where he carried on an extensive business. Five children.
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78. iii. WILLIAM T., b. Apr. 17, 1805; m. July 1, 1828, Frances M., dau. of James and Margaret (Lombard) Bird of Boston. He was a dry goods merchant in Boston, and afterward in New York. Fourteen children.
79. iv. JOHN H., b. Aug. 16, 1807; d. Hollis, July 7, 1860; m. Susan F., dau. of Hon. Benjamin and Sarah (Fletcher) Poole of Hollis. He was a manufacturer of Bourbon whiskey in Louisville, Ky., and having thus become wealthy, he spent his later years in his native town. Nine children.
80. v. JEREMIAH F., b. Jan. 27, 1810; d. Cincinnati, O., 1848. He was for a time in the dry goods business at Detroit, Mich.
81. vi. PHEBE, b. Sept. 12, 1812; m. Gardner Searle of Rowley, Mass. Three children.
82. vii. CHARLES N., b. Aug. 3, 1815; m. May 31, 1836, Mary E., dau. of Henry E. and Julia R. (Richards) Hoyt of New York. He was a dry goods dealer in New York and in Kewanee, I11. Eleven children.
16. NATHAN® (Nathan5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Eliza- beth1), b. before 1761; d. about 1818; m. Polly, dau. of Capt. William Pips of Jaffrey. He was a farmer in Jaffrey, and afterward at Shoreham, Vt. Children :
83. i. POLLY, b. about 1781; d. Jaffrey, Dec. 29, 1798.
84. ii. WILLIAM P., b. Jaffrey, June 13, 1785; d. Shoreham, Vt., July 8, 1815; m. Mar. 24, 1808, Prudence Evans. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1805. He was a physician, first at Peterboro and afterward at Shoreham. Three children.
85. iii. RHOANA, b. Jaffrey; m. Dr. Nicanor Needham of Shoreham.
86. iv. ORINDA, m. Darius Cooder, a farmer.
87. v. ARDILLA.
88. vi. ROSIRA, m. Leander Case, a saddler. Two children.
89. vii. NATHAN.
22. BENJAMIN6 (Benjamin5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Temple, Oct. 19, 1768; d. Dec. 25, 1806; m. Polly, dau. of Gen. Francis and Elizabeth (Spaulding) Blood [b. about 1771 ; d. Nov. 23, 1806]. He was a farmer in Tem- ple, a major in the militia. Children :
90. i. An infant, d. Apr. 29, 1792.
91. ii. JEREMIAH, b. Mar. 13, 1791; d. Sebec, Me., July 2, 1861; m. Feb. 1, 1816, Mary, dau. of Ensign Jonas and Hannah (Heald) Brown of Temple. He went in 1814 as a pioneer into the Maine wilderness of that day, and made himself a valuable farm. Nine children.
92. iii. HEPHZIBAH, b. Dec. 23, 1793; m. July 7, 1817, Jonas Davis. She lived in Temple. Nine children.
93. iv. BENJAMIN F., b. Aug. 3, 1796; d. Nov. 5, 1815.
94. v. SETH, b. Jan. 26, 1799; m. (1) Apr. 15, 1823, Abigail, dau. of Ezra and Rebecca (Knox) Gould of Sebec, Me. [d. Apr.
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2, 1857]; (2) Apr. 16, 1861, Mrs. Rebecca (Sutherland) Haywood of Sebec. He went to Sebec soon after his brother Jeremiah and there passed his life. He was an officer in the Methodist church. Seven children.
95. vi. POLLY, b. Feb. 14, 1804; d. Apr. 29, 1805.
96. vii. THOMAS, b. June 17, 1806; d. Nov. 1, 1823.
27. JONATHAN6 (Benjamin5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. June 6, 1780; d. Temple, Feb. 24, 1807; m. Polly, dau. of Lieut. Archelaus and Rachel (Rowell) Cum- mings of Temple [b. May 6, 1782]. He was a lieutenant in the Temple militia. Children :
97. i. NATHAN, d. young.
98. ii. RACHEL.
99. iii. POLLY, m. - Haynes.
28. SOLOMON6 (Benjamin5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Jan. 10, 1783; d. Dec. 26, 1831; m. 1803, Dolly Rowell of Temple. He was a farmer in Temple. He lost his life by freezing in a deep snow. Children :
100. i. DOLLY, b. Oct. 19, 1803; d. July 23, 1841, unm.
101. ii. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 25, 1805; m. Sept., 1837, Catherine Foster. He lived in Boston and later for a time in New Ipswich. Four children.
102. iii. CALISTA, b. Jan. 2, 1808; m. May, 1834, John Q. Adams of Bellingham, Mass. She lived in Walpole. Three children. JAMES, b. Feb. 1, 1810; d. Spartanburg, S. C., Aug. 27, 1840, unm.
103. iv.
104. v. ELBRIDGE G., b. July 21, 1812; m. Mar. 10, 1842, Harriet J., dau. of Daniel and Mary (Crafts) Bird of Watertown, Mass. He lived upon the farm of his grandfather and was a prominent citizen of Temple. Five children.
105. vi. SARAH, b. Oct. 7, 1814; m. Oct. 29, 1844, John B. Farrington of Dedham, Mass. Four children.
106. vii. JONATHAN M., b. Feb. 25, 1817; d. June 8, 1832.
107. viii. LUCY, b. Sept. 28, 1819; d. Nov. 15, 1856; m. Abiel Lovejoy of Temple.
108. ix. SYRENE, b. Nov. 1, 1824; d. June 8, 1832.
DAVIS (DOLOR).
DOLOR1 DAVIS, b. about 1600; d. June, 1673; m. (1) about 1624, Margery, sister of Simon Willard [bapt. Nov. 7, 1602; d. between 1658 and 1667]; (2) about 1671, Joanna, dau. of Rev. Joseph Hull and widow of Capt. John Bursley of Barnstable, Mass. [b. about 1620; d. after 1683]. He came from England, probably from County Kent, and first appears upon the records of Cambridge, Mass., in 1634. He seems to have removed to Concord, Mass., with his brother-in-law Simon Willard in 1636, but if so he did not remain there, as he was in Duxbury and
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Barnstable, Mass., from 1640 to 1655, when he returned to Concord, where he remained until the death of his first wife. His later years were passed in Barnstable.
SIMON2 (Dolor1), b. about 1636; d. June 14, 1715; m. Dec. 12, 1660, Mary, dau. of James Blood of Concord, Mass. [b. July 12, 1640]. He resided in Concord, where he was elected delegate to the General Court several times and held other responsible positions. He was a lieutenant and was in command at Brookfield in 1675, after Capt. Wheeler was wounded and thereby disabled.
SAMUEL2 (Dolor1), b. 1639/40; d. 1720; m. (1) Jan. 11, 1665/6, Mary Meddows [d. Oct. 30, 1710]; (2) Oct. 18, 1711, Ruth Taylor [d. Aug. 6, 1720]. He was a yeoman at Bedford, Mass.
JAMES® (Simon2, Dolor1), b. Jan. 19, 1668; d. Sept. 17, 1727; m. Mar. 4, 1700/1, Anne, dau. of John and Sarah Smedley [b. Dec. 12, 1676; d. May 21, 1761]. Res. in Concord.
STEPHEN3 (Samuel2, Dolor1), b. Mar. 30, 1686; d. July 11, 1738; m. Mar. 26, 1713, Elizabeth Fletcher of Concord. He resided in Concord and Bedford, Mass.
THOMAS4 (James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Nov. 25, 1705; d. Nov. 18, 1786; m. Sarah - - [b. about 1708; d. Apr. 27, 1783]. He resided in Concord, where he was a captain.
JOSEPH4 (James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Jan. 1, 1707/8; m. Jan. 10, 1743, Hannah Brown, probably dau. of Thomas and Hannah Brown [b. Dec. 6, 1716]. He resided in Concord, but nearly all his sons came to New Ipswich. Children :
i. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 16, 1744.+
ii. ELIJAH, b. Mar. 26, 1746.+
iii. SILAS, b. Apr. 16, 1748.+
iv. SIMEON, b. Feb., 1749/50.+
v. ABRAHAM, b. Nov. 16, 1752.+
vi. ISAAC, b. Nov. 17, 1752.
vii. HANNAH, b. Apr. 25, 1756.
viii. MARY, b. May 30, 1758.
STEPHEN4 (Stephen3, Samuel2, Dolor1), b. Mar. 6, 1715; d. July 22, 1787; m. Sept. 2, 1736, Elizabeth Brown [b. Sept. 15, 1718; d. Dec. 5, 1789]. He resided in Bedford, Mass., and held the office of deacon. He owned land in New Ipswich for a long time, but he does not appear to have been a resident in the town.
1. JONATHAN5 (Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Con- cord, Mass., Mar. 20, 1742; d. Dec. 7, 1819; m. Nov. 27, 1766, Sarah Melvin (3). He came to New Ipswich in 1764 and settled upon the old "country road," (II : 3, S. R.,) where he passed most of his life, although he seems to have lived for a time, about 1770, not very far from the place where that road entered Temple. He gave Revolutionary service at the time of the Concord alarm, and later in the companies of Capts. Josiah Brown and Robert Fletcher. He was an ensign in the New Ipswich militia. Children :
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9. i. SARAH, b. Dec. 7, 1767 ; d. Mar. 29, 1800; m. Jan. 8, 1787, Benja- min Knight of Hancock. Four children.
10. ii.
11. iii. MARY, b. June 3, 1769.
12. iv. LUCY, b. Oct. 4, 1770; d. Jan. 18, 1772.
JONATHAN, b. Nov. 15, 1771.+
13. v.
JONAH, b. June 10, 1773; d. Apr. 24, 1774.
14. vi.
RUTH, b. Dec. 1, 1774; d. Mar. 27, 1812; m. Oct. 15, 1795, Stephen, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Barker) Poor [b. Andover, Mass., Feb. 3, 1771]. He was a tanner at Hancock. Seven children.
15. vii. SOLOMON, b. July 31, 1776.+
16. viii. THOMAS, b. Oct. 19, 1781; d. Henniker, July 3, 1834. Eight children.
17. ix. REBECCA, b. Aug. 30, 1784; m. June 5, 1807, Asa Lewis.
2. JOSIAH5 (Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. May 29, 1750; d. Feb. 17, 1815; m. 1772, Abigail, dau. of Thomas and Abigail (Brown) Hubbard [b. Aug. 26, 1754; d. Oct. 19, 1844]. He came to New Ipswich at about the time of his majority and settled near the southeast corner of the town on 2, N. L. O. He was interested in the cotton factory maintained for several years in the early part of the nineteenth century and using the waterpower now utilized by Walker's wood- turning industry. He responded to the Concord alarm, and later served under Capt. Silas Wright. Children :
18. i. JOSIAH, b. May 23, 1773.
19. ii. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 1, 1775; d. Apr. 17, 1833; m. July 18, 1797, Thomas Danforth. JONATHAN, b. Nov. 5, 1776; d. Mar. 29, 1814.
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21. iv. REBECCA, b. Dec. 7, 1778.
22. v. LUCY, b. Apr. 19, 1781; d. Apr. 30, 1845; m. Jonathan Barrett. 23. vi. THOMAS, b. Mar. 26, 1783; d. Mar. 15, 1809.
24. vii. JOEL, b. May 12, 1785.+
25. viii. MOSES, b. Dec. 10, 1787.+
26. ix. LUCINDA, b. Feb. 18, 1791; d. Oct. 9, 1868; m. June 6, 1811, Jesse Stearns (I. 5).
27. x. CLARISSA, b. July 18, 1793; d. Sept. 19, 1815.
28. xi. GEORGE, b. Dec. 1, 1795; d. May 10, 1812.
29. xii. CHARLES, b. Sept. 21, 1797.
30. xiii. CYRUS, b. Feb. 15, 1800.
31. xiv. CYRENE, b. Feb. 15, 1800.
3. JOSEPH5 (Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Aug. 16, 1744; d. Dec. 12, 1838; m. (1) -; (2) Oct. 17, 1793, Grace Allen of Concord, Mass. He came to New Ipswich about 1776, and apparently lived in or near that part of the town afterward known as Davis Village. No record of his children has appeared.
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4. ELIJAH5 (Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Mar. 26, 1746; d. Apr. 21, 1812; m. (1) Hepzibah - [d. about 1790] ; (2) Hannah Ball [b. about 1724]; (3) Feb. 26, 1793, Polly Russell. In early manhood he came to the immediate neigh- borhood of New Ipswich and settled in the southeastern cor- ner of the town or the adjoining portion of Mason which is now the southwestern corner of Greenville, where the family continued many years. His name is on the New Ipswich tax- list from 1768 to 1782 and the births of his four oldest children are recorded in the town records. He was one of those who marched to Concord in the early morning of Apr. 20, 1775. He rendered later service under Capts. Archelaus Town and Josiah Brown, and went to Vermont to repel the sally from the north in 1780. Children :
32. i. HANNAH, b. Apr. 5, 1773; d. Feb. 19, 1837; m. Dec. 14, 1791, David, son of Oliver and Lydia (Wood) Davis of Harvard, Mass.
33. iii. MARY, b. May 3, 1775; d. young.
34. iii. HEPZIBAH, b. May 1, 1777; m. 1804, David Pierce of Dublin.
35. iv. ELIJAH, b. June 17, 1779.+
36. v. ABIGAIL, b. July 30, 1782.
37. vi. POLLY, b. Sept. 3, 1789; d. Feb. 18, 1804.
38. vii. LUCY, b. Sept. 30, 1795.
39. viii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Mar. 4, 1801; d. Mar. 10, 1804.
5. SILAS5 (Joseph, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Apr. 16, 1748; d. 1836; m. (1) Nov. 19, 1772, Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Rebekah (Flagg) Clark [b. Aug. 23, 1753; d. Oct. 26, 1784]; (2) Sept., 1786, Lydia Brooks of Lincoln, Mass. [d. Mar. 22, 1787] ; (3) Sept. 8, 1787, Mary Preston (5). He came to New Ipswich in 1768 and settled in the unbroken wilder- ness on the western slope of Flat Mountain, (71, N. L. O.,) where he devoted much time to hunting, and was noted for his eminent success in the destruction of wolves in the early years, as well as other game remaining after the region be- came less wild. He retained his home on that spot, still marked by the cellar, for more than fifty years, then removed for a brief period of residence on the "Gould farm," (43, N. D.,) and finally passed his later years in Davis Village, at the southern end of 45, N. D., long after retained in his family. He served in the Revolutionary movement to Royalton, Vt., in 1780. Children :
40. i. SILAS, b. Nov. 15, 1773.
41. ii. MARY, b. Feb. 23, 1775; d. Feb. 28, 1775.
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42. iii. REBECCA, b. Mar. 29, 1776; d. Jan. 10, 1861; m. Nov. 15, 1805, James Hildreth (5).
43. iv. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 2, 1778.+
44. v. BETSEY, b. Aug. 30, 1779; d. Mar. 27, 1861; m. Feb. 21, 1805, William Taylor (17).
45. vi. BENJAMIN, b. July 20, 1782; d. June 5, 1881; m. Mar. 17,
1806, Abigail Davis. He passed his life in his native town and for many years drove a baker's wagon, selling goods from the bakery of his brother Joseph, and afterward from the bakeries. He was familiarly known to all as "Baker Ben."
46. vii. MARY, b. Sept. 25, 1784; d. Oct. 29, 1785.
47. viii. LYDIA, b. July 27, 1788.
48. ix. HANNAH, b. Feb. 15, 1791. She married and removed to Ohio. Seventeen children.
49. x.
. JAMES, b. Apr. 6, 1793.+
50. xi. THOMAS, b. May 3, 1795.+
6. SIMEON5 (Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Feb., 1749/50. Reliable tradition declares that this younger bro- ther of Silas Davis came to New Ipswich with him or perhaps a little earlier, and the fact that he was still a minor may ex- plain the absence of his name from the town record. There are no indications of a long residence in town, and he may have returned to Concord, where the church record gives the death of a bearer of that name Oct. 24, 1824, although the age there is given as 76 years.
7. ABRAHAM5 (Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Nov. 16, 1752; d. Hancock, Jan. 7, 1846; m. (1) -; (2) Sept. 5, 1788, Rebecca, dau. of William Williams [b. July 26, 1766] ; (3) June 8, 1802, Susanna Williams, sister of his second wife [b. Aug. 16, 1749]. He must have come to New Ipswich be- fore attaining his majority, as his name is borne upon the tax lists of 1769 and the two succeeding years, but his day must have been brief. He became a citizen of Hancock a few years later and there passed his life. Children :
51. i. JACOB.
52. ii. ABRAHAM, b. Jan. 17, 1790; d. Jan. 2, 1875; m. June 2, 1818, May, dau. of Nathan Waitt [d. Sept. 16, 1852]. Six children.
53. iii. JOHN, b. July, 1791. He removed to Vermont.
54. iv. POLLY, m. James Blodgett. Resided in Hancock.
55. v. JOSEPH. He resided in Massachusetts.
8. STEPHEN5 (Stephen4, Stephen3, Samuel2, Dolor1), b. Nov. 27, 1741; m. Nov. 6, 1766, Lydia Bateman, probably dau. of John4 and Anna Bateman [b. Mar. 7, 1746]. He lived for a
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time in Bedford, Mass., but came to New Ipswich about 1770, and settled on the Thomas Brown farm, (58, N. D.,) upon the old Sharon road, where a new road from the turnpike now ends, this land probably being the property of his father but bequeathed to him fifteen years later. He seems to have lived there twenty-five years or more, but the time of his death or removal is uncertain. His two oldest children are recorded in Bedford, the others in New Ipswich. Children :
56. i. MOLLY, b. Sept. 18, 1767.
57. ii. JOHN, b. June 7, 1769.
58. iii. STEPHEN, b. Mar. 24, 1771.++
59. iv. AMOS, b. Mar. 1, 1774.
60. v. AARON, b. Feb. 8, 1776.
61. vi. MOSES, b. May 23, 1778.
62. vii. TIMOTHY, b. Aug. 28, 1781.
12. JONATHAN6 (Jonathan5, Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Nov. 15, 1771; d. Mar. 14, 1823; m. (1) Jan. 26, 1799, Relief, dau. of James and Mary Davis of Holden, Mass. [b. Mar. 25, 1781 ; d. Oct. 16, 1809]; (2) 1810, his cousin Eunice, dau. of Edmund and Eunice Davis [b. Feb. 23, 1783; d. May 21, 1814]; (3) Feb. 23, 1815, Nancy Allen of New Ipswich [d. Apr. 19, 1859]. He resided in Hancock. Children :
63. i. JAMES, b. Jan. 5, 1800.+
64. ii. MARY WHEELER, b. Feb. 5, 1802; d. Apr. 13, 1853.
65. iii. JOSIAH MELVILLE, b. Feb. 23, 1804.+
66. iv. GILMAN, b. Apr. 1, 1806; d. Aug. 3, 1844; m. Mary McAlpine. He was engaged with his brother George in the manufac- ture of pianos in Boston.
67. v. JONATHAN, b. May 22, 1808; d. May 22, 1867. He res. in Malden, Mass., but passed his later years in Hancock.
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68. vi. GEORGE HUBBARD, b. Mar. 29, 1811.+
69. vii. RELIEF, b. Sept. 9, 1812; d. Oct. 4, 1831.
70. viii. NATHAN ALLEN, b. Jan. 27, 1816; d. Oct. 4, 1831.
71. ix. HORACE H., b. May 20, 1817.+
72. x. NANCY ALLEN, b. May 25, 1819; d. Mar. 25, 1854, unm. She lived with her mother in New Ipswich after her father's death.
73. xi. CHARLES S., b. May 28, 1821.+
15. SOLOMON® (Jonathan5, Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. July 31, 1776; d. Nov. 11, 1850; m. (1) Mary - [b. about 1777; d. June 14, 1809]; (2) June 20, 1810, Esther Allen, sister of Nancy, wife of Jonathan (12) [b. about 1773; d. Nov. 11, 1840] ; (3) Sept. 28, 1843, Candace, dau. of James and Johanna (Davenport) Tarbell [b. Mt. Holly, Vt., Jan. 23, 1809; d. Springfield, Vt., Dec. 18, 1869; m. (2) Nov., 1855,
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James Perry]. He passed the greater part of his life as a farmer on the paternal farm. He was a captain in the militia. Children :
74. i. MARY BROWN, b. Jan. 14, 1805; d. Jan. 15, 1805.
75. ii. BENJAMIN LEWIS, b. Oct. 2, 1808; d. May 2, 1814.
76. iii. LEWIS, b. about 1845. , He removed to the South in early manhood.
77. iv. MARY, b. about 1847; m. Osman Richardson.
78. v. GEORGE, b. about 1849. Res. in Providence, R. I. Two daughters.
24. JOEL® (Josiah5, Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. May 12, 1785 ; m. (1) May 28, 1807, Rebecca, dau. of John and Joanna (Munroe) Adams of Ashburnham, Mass. [b. Feb. 22, 1781]; (2) 1827, Orpah Stearns (8). He was a citizen of New Ipswich for several years of his early manhood, having an interest in the cotton factory then in operation upon the water- power afterward used by the Walker woodenware industries. Later he was proprietor of the "Children in the Wood" tavern in the northern part of Ashburnham, Mass., and removed thence to Lowell, Mass., about 1828. Children :
79. i. THOMAS H., b. Dec., 1811; d. Feb. 21, 1814.
80. ii. CLARISSA H., b. Jan. 25, 1814; d. Feb. 14, 1815.
81. iii. An infant, d. Mar. 11, 1824.
82. iv. REBECCA.
25. MOSES6 (Josiah5, Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Dec. 10, 1787; d. Feb. 25, 1847; m. June 2, 1814, Louisa Wil- kins, probably Lois, dau. of David and Sarah (Taynter) Wil- kins [b. Mar. 29, 1793; d. 1841]. For a brief time after his marriage he lived in the home of his boyhood, (2, N. L. O.,) but soon after his father's death he removed to the large house at the four corners, long the home of Dr. Stillman Gib- son, (V: 5, S. R.,) which had previously been the home of his assumed father-in-law, David Wilkins. He removed from town about 1822, and soon after was a merchant in Lowell, Mass. His gravestone in the New Ipswich central burying- yard gives him the title of deacon. Child :
83. i. LOUISA, m. John S. Currier. Her only child was Louisa D. Currier, b. about July, 1844; d. May 30, 1849. Moses Davis had one or more other daughters and perhaps sons.
35. ELIJAH6 (Elijah5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. June 17, 1779; m. Apr. 2, 1804, Eunice Russell. He was a farmer in Mason. Children :
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84. i. ALFRED, m. - Scripture. He was a farmer in Mason. One daughter.
85. ii. CALVIN, m. Aug. 13, 1834, Susan Jones. He was a farmer in Mason.
86. iii. SOLOMON, m. Jane Spaulding. He was a farmer in Mason.
87. iv. ELIJAH F., b. Nov. 29, 1812.+
88. v. ELISHA F., b. Nov. 29, 1812.+
89. vi. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 7, 1818.+
90. vii. EUNICE, m. Eber Baker. Res. in Westminster, Mass. Three children.
43. JOSEPH6 (Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Jan. 2, 1778; d. Mar. 10, 1876; m. (1) May 30, 1802, Hannah Taylor (18); (2) Nov. 30, 1837, Mary (Parker) widow of Winslow Ames [b. Mar. 15, 1798; d. Oct. 23, 1881]. He was a farmer upon 45, N. D., and also conducted successfully dur- ing many years a bakery in Davis Village, supplying the coun- try for twenty miles around with the limited variety of baker's goods expected in those days. He was a constant attendant on the services of the Congregational church, and is said to have been absent only one half day during a period of fifty years. Children :
91. i. KENDALL, b. Dec. 5, 1803.+
92. ii. SIVONA, b. Dec. 9, 1805; m. Apr. 30, 1835, Isaiah Cragin (12).
93. iii. HORACE, b. Nov. 11, 1807; d. Nov. 12, 1807.
94. iv. GEORGE, b. Nov. 5, 1815; d. Feb. 24, 1816.
95. v. GEORGE, b. Oct. 16, 1817.+
96. vi. EMILY, b. Oct. 18, 1820; d. Mar. 9, 1908; m. (1) Nov. 7, 1849, John Smith [d. about 1867], a farmer at Sterling, Mass., until about 1853, when he came to New Ipswich and con- ducted the farm of his father-in-law; (2) Roby Fletcher (74).
97. vii. MARY ANN, b. Apr. 9, 1823; d. Jan. 22, 1910; m. Charles H. Sweetser [d. about 1898]. He was a shoe-dealer in Read- ing, Mass., and later in Lynn. In middle life they removed to Iowa, thence to Colorado, and finally to Los Angeles, Cal., where they died.
98. viii. HORACE, b. June 6, 1825.+
49. JAMES6 (Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Apr. 6, 1793 ; d. May 29, 1865 ; m. (1) Nov. 27, 1823, his cousin Patty, dau. of Benjamin and Patty (Preston) Bacon of Bed- ford, Mass. [b. about 1798; d. Apr. 5, 1827] ; (2) Cyrene Put- nam of Milford [b. Oct. 22, 1803; d. Sept. 2, 1834] ; (3) Sept. 7, 1842, Anna, dau. of Daniel Giles (8) [b. Sept. 29, 1807; d. Jan. 10, 1874]. He lived for many years on the "Thomas Brown farm," (58, N. D.,) where the road now terminates,
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but the home of his later years was in 45, N. D., a short distance from Davis Village. He was a deacon in the Con- gregational church for thirty-three years. Children:
99. i. An infant, mentioned only on its mother's gravestone.
100. ii. An infant, b. and d. Dec. 20, 1825.
101. iii. An infant, b. about Mar. 23, 1827; d. Apr. 15, 1827.
102. iv. JAMES PUTNAM, b. Dec. 27, 1829.++
103. v. PERLEY BACON, b. Apr. 26, 1832.+
104. vi. GEORGE HENRY, b. Nov. 30, 1844; d. Apr. 25, 1866.
50. THOMAS® (Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. May 3, 1795; d. July 15, 1869; m. Mar. 26, 1818, Nancy, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Cummings) Fletcher (71). He re- moved to Enosburg, Vt., in early manhood, and was a farmer in that place for about twenty-five years. But when a little past his fiftieth year, he returned to his native town, and after a brief residence in Smith Village and a few years on the "Conant farm," (85, A. D.,) he passed his later years on the "Campbell farm" by the river, (7, N. L. O.) Children :
105. i. MARY, b. Apr. 20, 1819; d. Apr. 30, 1819.
106. ii. EBENEZER, b. June 13, 1820; d. May 29, 1821.
107. iii. RICHARD HALL, b. Aug. 24, 1823.++
108. iv. MARY SIVONA, b. Apr. 29, 1827; d. Apr. 7, 1911; m. July 13, 1847, George D. Jaquith (1).
109. v. JAMES BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 23, 1832.+
58. STEPHEN6 (Stephen5, Stephen4, Stephen3, Samuel2, Dolor1), b. Mar. 24, 1771 ; m. Nov. 17, 1796, Hepsibah, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Bateman) Brown (T. 12). He succeeded to his father's farm and there remained for a few of the first years of the nineteenth century. He held the office of lieu- tenant. Children :
110. i. ANNA, b. Oct. 30. 1797.
111. ii. ALMIRA, b. Dec. 25, 1799.
63. JAMES7 (Jonathan6, Jonathan5, Thomas4, James3, Si- mon2, Dolor1), b. Jan. 5, 1800; d. Mar. 23, 1874; m. Dec. 14, 1826, Rebecca, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Dodge) Symonds of Hancock [d. Mar. 30, 1874]. He lived on the family homestead in Hancock for nearly twenty years, and after 1845 was a merchant in that town. Children:
112. i. MARIA, b. Jan. 3, 1828; m. Sept. 7, 1854, J. Franklin Dyer, a physician at Annisquam, Mass.
113. ii. ANTOINETTE, b. Sept. 8, 1829. She was a teacher in her native town.
114. iii. HELEN E., b. Aug. 10, 1832; d. Dec. 30, 1833.
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115. iv. HELEN E., b. Nov. 9, 1834; m. Feb. 24, 1853, David R. Patten, a hotel proprietor at San Francisco, later in business at Salt Lake City.
116. v. JOANNA, b. Aug. 27, 1837; d. Sept. 11, 1868; m. Nov. 8, 1860, Myron M. Wood, a farmer in Hancock.
117. vi. HEBER, b. Nov. 4, 1842. He served during the Civil War in the 7th N. H. Regiment, and later was in railroad business at San Francisco.
118. vii. HERBERT J., b. June 14, 1844. He was a carpet dealer in New York and later in San Francisco.
65. JOSIAH MELVILLE7 (Jonathan6, Jonathan5, Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Feb. 23, 1804; d. July 8, 1846; m. Henrietta Ordway of Francestown. He was a hatter in Francestown. Child :
119. i. ELIZABETH, m. Clarendon M. Sanders.
68. GEORGE HUBBARD7 (Jonathan6, Jonathan5, Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Mar. 29, 1811 ; d. Dec. 1, 1879; m. (1) Aug. 14, 1834, Charlotte Low [d. May 9, 1841] ; (2) Oct. 31, 1844, Sarah Cleverly French [b. Boston, July 27, 1825; d. Sept. 1, 1873]. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade in Ashby, Mass., and in Boston, and later was a member of the firm of Hallet, Davis & Co., piano manufacturers, becoming eventu- ally the sole proprietor of the business. Children :
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